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Friday, 18 April 2014

Boko Haram Killings And The Rest Of Us

"The social media went viral
as a result of April 14 Nyanya-tragedy. Public discussions are still centered
on the gory incident. More topical than the incident, is the huge, but
impotent, judgment calls that have emanated from the public. Everyone is a jury
on social media.

Party affiliation can blur one’s sense of reasoning
such that one begins to see nothing endorsable in anything that comes from the
opposing party. This is a growing syndrome that is eating deep into the
substance of Nigeria’s politics, with cataclysmic effect on the unity of the
country. Never in history has politics of calumny made a mark in the sand of
time, but only well-thought-out actions. There is no doubt that
we lack strong security institutions suitable to avoid the kind of tragedies that
are becoming common. These tragedies are not natural disasters. They are
man-made; we created them."